Fisha
New Angler
- Total Posts : 9
- Reward points: 0
- Joined: 2020/01/01 21:04:03
- Status: offline
Injured steelhead
I caught this steelhead this week on elk and was very unimpressed with the fight. Once I got the hook out and checked him out I realized why... half his tail was missing. Any thoughts on what could have done this? It looks fresh and i caught him in Sterrettana so I doubt it was a boat prop injury.
post edited by Fisha - 2020/12/25 20:30:41
|
fishin coyote
Pro Angler
- Total Posts : 1719
- Reward points: 0
- Joined: 2002/05/04 07:31:21
- Status: offline
Re: Injured steelhead
2020/12/25 20:39:07
(permalink)
Nothing is Free!! Reward equals Effort
|
Fisha
New Angler
- Total Posts : 9
- Reward points: 0
- Joined: 2020/01/01 21:04:03
- Status: offline
Re: Injured steelhead
2020/12/25 20:50:38
(permalink)
Sorry it won't post the picture. Ice flow.... never considered that.
|
CAPTAIN HOOK
Pro Angler
- Total Posts : 2384
- Reward points: 0
- Joined: 2002/09/28 22:31:08
- Location: N.W. Pa.
- Status: offline
Re: Injured steelhead
2020/12/26 12:24:48
(permalink)
I've posted this in the past ...this was caught by my friend on Elk creek 1993 ....the fish was released and I caught the same fish weeks later about a mile upstream ....have no idea what injured it ...maybe a boat prop best guess. I doubt it lived very long after I released it but it swam away .  
|
CAPTAIN HOOK
Pro Angler
- Total Posts : 2384
- Reward points: 0
- Joined: 2002/09/28 22:31:08
- Location: N.W. Pa.
- Status: offline
Re: Injured steelhead
2020/12/26 12:24:48
(permalink)
I've posted this in the past ...this was caught by my friend on Elk creek 1993 ....the fish was released and I caught the same fish weeks later about a mile upstream ....have no idea what injured it ...maybe a boat prop best guess. I doubt it lived very long after I released it but it swam away .
|
CAPTAIN HOOK
Pro Angler
- Total Posts : 2384
- Reward points: 0
- Joined: 2002/09/28 22:31:08
- Location: N.W. Pa.
- Status: offline
Re: Injured steelhead
2020/12/26 12:30:15
(permalink)
|
solitario lupo
Expert Angler
- Total Posts : 298
- Reward points: 0
- Status: offline
Re: Injured steelhead
2020/12/26 12:37:45
(permalink)
Other aggressive fish, another fisherperson, it could have did it swimming on the rocks, ice, virus, etc. Captain Hook that could have been done by a black bear. Haha maybe someone’s dog got it.
|
Fisha
New Angler
- Total Posts : 9
- Reward points: 0
- Joined: 2020/01/01 21:04:03
- Status: offline
Re: Injured steelhead
2020/12/26 15:46:17
(permalink)
I live in south eastern PA and I have seen Fisher in my area in the past few years. The game commission has a program to bring them back. I was wondering if one of those or a mink could have went after one. A mink I think might be too small to try for a steelie but Fisher can get to 50 pounds. I don't know if they are as much of an aquatic hunter as a mink though.
|
solitario lupo
Expert Angler
- Total Posts : 298
- Reward points: 0
- Status: offline
Re: Injured steelhead
2020/12/26 19:50:12
(permalink)
Could have been bird of prey, we got some nice eagles around.
|
jfel5472
Administrator
- Total Posts : 51
- Reward points: 0
- Joined: 2020/09/18 10:44:46
- Status: offline
Re: Injured steelhead
2020/12/27 08:38:10
(permalink)
It truly is amazing how strong and resilient these fish are when it comes to surviving.
|
rippinlip
Pro Angler
- Total Posts : 2146
- Reward points: 0
- Joined: 2002/09/18 17:12:14
- Status: offline
Re: Injured steelhead
2020/12/28 12:15:31
(permalink)
This is exactly why you should never use the machete release method. 
You should have been here yesterday.............. Streams are made for the wise man to contemplate and fools to pass by [Sir Izaak Walton]
|
dano
Pro Angler
- Total Posts : 3057
- Reward points: 0
- Joined: 2000/09/21 19:51:02
- Status: offline
Re: Injured steelhead
2020/12/28 13:01:23
(permalink)
I'm usually C&R but I was hungry.
|
FishinGuy
Pro Angler
- Total Posts : 2093
- Reward points: 0
- Joined: 2007/05/16 12:41:21
- Location: westmoreland county
- Status: offline
Re: Injured steelhead
2020/12/29 12:45:08
(permalink)
☄ Helpfulby rippinlip 2020/12/29 13:15:23
Fish commission has been chopping their tails off for years to keep them from getting past the falls on walnut.
|
CAPTAIN HOOK
Pro Angler
- Total Posts : 2384
- Reward points: 0
- Joined: 2002/09/28 22:31:08
- Location: N.W. Pa.
- Status: offline
Re: Injured steelhead
2021/01/07 18:16:57
(permalink)
2 years ago Erie trib ....you tell me ? It swam away ...I have no idea ...deep creek too . 
|
rippinlip
Pro Angler
- Total Posts : 2146
- Reward points: 0
- Joined: 2002/09/18 17:12:14
- Status: offline
Re: Injured steelhead
2021/01/07 21:03:34
(permalink)
Clearly a Russian snagger wound.
You should have been here yesterday.............. Streams are made for the wise man to contemplate and fools to pass by [Sir Izaak Walton]
|
Porktown
Pro Angler
- Total Posts : 9945
- Reward points: 0
- Joined: 2001/09/04 16:37:05
- Status: offline
Re: Injured steelhead
2021/01/08 13:30:13
(permalink)
rippinlip
This is exactly why you should never use the machete release method.
CMR
|
solitario lupo
Expert Angler
- Total Posts : 298
- Reward points: 0
- Status: offline
Re: Injured steelhead
2021/01/09 12:00:26
(permalink)
CAPTAIN HOOK
2 years ago Erie trib ....you tell me ? It swam away ...I have no idea ...deep creek too .
That’s a nice chunk surprise it didn’t die.
|
Bigbass101
New Angler
- Total Posts : 26
- Reward points: 0
- Joined: 2021/01/01 14:33:08
- Status: offline
Re: Injured steelhead
2021/01/09 16:41:37
(permalink)
River Otters? Lamprey being scraped off on river rocks? That is really odd.
|
WVDepscritch
Novice Angler
- Total Posts : 97
- Reward points: 0
- Joined: 2012/12/06 13:14:08
- Status: offline
Re: Injured steelhead
2021/01/09 20:31:50
(permalink)
I have seen this in the Big Manistee River in Mich. I believe it is probably from boat props or clumsy BIG FOOT
|
WVDepscritch
Novice Angler
- Total Posts : 97
- Reward points: 0
- Joined: 2012/12/06 13:14:08
- Status: offline
Re: Injured steelhead
2021/01/09 20:31:50
(permalink)
I have seen this in the Big Manistee River in Mich. I believe it is probably from boat props or clumsy BIG FOOT
|
Bigbass101
New Angler
- Total Posts : 26
- Reward points: 0
- Joined: 2021/01/01 14:33:08
- Status: offline
Re: Injured steelhead
2021/01/09 20:46:07
(permalink)
Definitely looks like a prop could do that.
|
Porktown
Pro Angler
- Total Posts : 9945
- Reward points: 0
- Joined: 2001/09/04 16:37:05
- Status: offline
Re: Injured steelhead
2021/01/09 23:35:39
(permalink)
☄ Helpfulby crappiefisher 2021/01/09 23:40:36
Squatch does seem to be the most logical. I’ve have seen a few. Tried to take a photo, but wasn’t quick enough.
|
Fisha
New Angler
- Total Posts : 9
- Reward points: 0
- Joined: 2020/01/01 21:04:03
- Status: offline
Re: Injured steelhead
2021/01/11 15:10:10
(permalink)
Ive caught trout with holes completely through them from herons and egrets. Its amazing what a fish can live through. Ive also caught flounder with huge sections of the body missing from healed shark bites. But if you handle them wrong on the release they die...
|
Fisha
New Angler
- Total Posts : 9
- Reward points: 0
- Joined: 2020/01/01 21:04:03
- Status: offline
Re: Injured steelhead
2021/01/11 15:15:24
(permalink)
Resilient bastrds!....not my pic. Found this on the intranet.
Attached Image(s)
|
FiveMilePete
Pro Angler
- Total Posts : 1133
- Reward points: 0
- Joined: 2004/10/13 21:36:32
- Status: offline
Re: Injured steelhead
2021/02/01 00:28:06
(permalink)
Fisha
I caught this steelhead this week on elk and was very unimpressed with the fight. Once I got the hook out and checked him out I realized why... half his tail was missing. Any thoughts on what could have done this? It looks fresh and i caught him in Sterrettana so I doubt it was a boat prop injury.
Shark?
|
WVDepscritch
Novice Angler
- Total Posts : 97
- Reward points: 0
- Joined: 2012/12/06 13:14:08
- Status: offline
Re: Injured steelhead
2021/02/01 08:22:15
(permalink)
Fish was probably injured at the mouth of Elk while it was staging to go up stream. As was implied earlier you don't see many boats on the Elk.
|
cdcaddis
Novice Angler
- Total Posts : 90
- Reward points: 0
- Joined: 2008/11/22 04:11:13
- Status: offline
Re: Injured steelhead
2021/03/15 20:57:01
(permalink)
Fisha
I live in south eastern PA and I have seen Fisher in my area in the past few years. The game commission has a program to bring them back. I was wondering if one of those or a mink could have went after one. A mink I think might be too small to try for a steelie but Fisher can get to 50 pounds. I don't know if they are as much of an aquatic hunter as a mink though.
I don't know where you read that a Fisher can get to be 50#. I was curious so I looked it up on Wikipedia. "Male and female fishers look similar. Adult males are 90 to 120 cm (35–47 in) long and weigh 3.5 to 6.0 kilograms (8–13 lb)" You're guess of 50# is about 37# above the high limit for a fisher. A 50# fisher would be as big as a wolverine.
Flyfisher for fifty-four years.
|